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RNC 2016: Site committee to visit Dallas June 11-13

Enid Mickelsen, head of the GOP site selection committee, with Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders Kelsey Lauren (left) and Brittney Schram. The Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau threw a party at the GOP's meeting in Memphis earlier this month to generate interest in the city's bid for the 2016 convention.

WASHINGTON — The Republican Party’s site selection committee — the panel that will pick the host of the 2016 convention — will visit Dallas June 11-13.

Party officials will announce site visits later tonight for the four cities still in the running.

They’ll start in Cleveland on Monday, and head from there to Kansas City on Wednesday.

The week of June 9, the group will be in Denver from Monday to Wednesday, then in Dallas through Friday.

Each city will get one full day, plus two half days on either side.

The delegation will include members of the RNC’s Site Selection Committee, RNC staff and advisors, and RNC senior leadership. They will look at arenas and other venues, hospitality, security and transportation options, and they will hold meetings with assorted officials to discuss the many aspects of each city’s bid.

Four other cities had put in bids. The RNC has already eliminated Las Vegas, Phoenix, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio.

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